Thursday March 12, 2009, was the day of Brawl Street, the day of the much ballyhooed face to face brawl between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer. Like the combined audience (they hoped) of Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, we were ready for a full throated debate.It never happened. Roberto Duran lasted a few rounds but…
Editor’s Note: This is an article about comments and interviews on financial television. This is not an investment article. It does not seek to or intend to offer investment advice or strategy of any kind whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions based on anything written in or inferred from this article….
There have been a couple of changes to top 10 list since our last monthly update: An earlier article “Are CNBC Anchors on a Mission Against US Treasuries – A Viewer’s Perspectives” has returned to the Top 10 list in the 9th spot. The previous No. 9 article ““Snoop Dogg in Bollywood – In Akshay Kumar’s new…
These words are a paraphrase of the famous comment by James Carville, the political adviser to President Clinton. After his inauguration, President Clinton had launched an ambitious agenda and First Lady Hillary Clinton had been charged with reforming the American Health Care system. The Bond Market reacted with the worst sell off in history. The specter of interest rates…
On February 21, we wrote an article* about the now famous rant of CNBC’s Rick Santelli and the arrogant response by the White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Rick Santelli had simply stated his passionate criticism of President Obama’s housing plan and his fellow traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange had loudly voiced their agreement. The…
Jon Stewart of The Daily Show enjoys near mythical status as a cult hero of the left for his brilliant parody of the Iraq War and The Bush Administration. Mr. Stewart is an amazing talent and he uses it to propagate his serious views about America and the World under the guise of comedy. Jim Cramer…
Editor’s Note: This is an article about comments made on financial television and financial media in general. It is not an investment article and no one should base any investing decisions or conclusions based on anything written in or inferred from this article. Investing is a serious matter and all investment decisions that should only…
Editor’s Update – August 1, 2009 – The Financial Times reported on July 30 that India plans to build 100 warships in response to increasing Chinese naval might in the Indian Ocean. On June 5, 2008 we watched Erin Burnett of CNBC interview Dr. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale about India. In this interview, Dr. Sonnenfeld made…
In this article, we lay out briefly our interpretation of the Sanaatan thought and its corollaries:Religious Devotion: Religious Devotion is a humble practice in which one surrenders to God in an attempt to become one with the Universal Soul. It is a practice that sheds the human ego and strips away the human attributes of intelligence, valor and wealth. The…
Recently we read an article by a City University of New York Professor blaming “Hindu Extremists” for the protests against Slumdog Millionaire in India. This epithet has been widely used by BBC, New York Times, Washington Post among others. It is a label that European Christian Journalists love to use and their loyal followers in the…